Work-tallying device.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

J. H. TIFPT.

WORK TALLYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 15,1904.

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WORK TALLYING DEVICE.

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JAMES HENRY TIEFT, CF EAU CLAIRE, VISCCNSIN.

WORK-TALLYING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,330, dated February 21, 1905.

Application iled June l5, 1904. Serial No, 212,63?

. To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY TIFET, a

A citizen of the United States, and a resident of Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved /Vork-Tallying Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de- Scription.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for automatically indicatlng or tallying the number of pieces of work turned out by a machine-such, for instance, as the number of sheets turned off in a printing-press the object being' to provide a tallying device in connection with a machine that may be set for any predetermined number of pieces of work that it is desiredto include in one batch or set and that will cause an alarm or cause the rstopping of the machine when the required number shall have been reached, thus relieving the machine attendant of considerable responsibility and loss of time.

l will describe a work-tallyingl device emf bodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying f drawings, `forming a part of this specification,

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. casing having a longitudinal vertical partition 2 and having at its front a door 3, mounted to swing downward on a pintle 4, attached to the lower wall of the casing, and having a lock 5, sothat the door may be securely fastened to prevent meddling with the interior mechanism to be hereinafter described. Spindles 6 extend through the partition 2, and mounted on each spindle is a number-disk 7. Each disk is provided with numerals from 0 to L9, and the periphery of the disk is provided with notches opposite the numerals.

Mounted to swing on each spindle rearward of the number-plate carried thereby 1s a keyplate 8.

of longitudinal movement of the key-plate relatively to the shaft. The plate is held yieldingly against the shaft, however, by means of a spring l0, surrounding a pin. 11, extended from the end wall of the opening 9. and the inner end of the spring engages against the shaft. At one end the key-plate hasa forward projection 12, provided with a lug 13 for engaging in any one of the series of notches formed on the periphery of the number-disk with which said plate coaets, and extended downward from this forward projection 12 is a finger-piece 14, having a perforation 15, through which the number on the disk for which the disk is set may be seen, and this number is also disclosed through a sight-opening in the front wall of the casing, the opening being provided with glass, as indicated at 16.

Mounted to slide on the partition 2 rearward of each number-disk is a latch-plate 17. As here shown, screws 18 pass from the partition 2 through slots in the latch-plate, and the plate is provided with aslot to receive the spindles 6, and extended from the upper end of the plate at right angles thereto is an arm 19, having a curved or cam surface 2O on its under side designed to be engaged by a reverse cam-surface 21 on the upper end of the key-plate. The several latch-plates are held yieldingly downward in engagement with an actuating-rodQQ, by means, as here shown, of a ribbon-spring 23, which is secured at its ends to pins 24 on the front of the partition 2, and this spring' engages with the upper ends of the several latch-plates. Between the latch-plates the spring passes underneath pins Q5 on the partition. rlhe actuating-rod 22 is movable lengthwise in the casing, and it is provided with notches 26, the bottom walls of which are inclined upward in the direction of movement of the rod, and they are designed to receive the reversely-inclined lower ends of the latch-plates, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The rod is also provided with a locking-notch 27, designed to receive IOO The key-plate -has an opening 9,. through which the spindle passes and permits a spring-pressed locking-pawl 30, mounted on the casing-partition. The actuating-rod 22 is moved in an actuating direction when released by the several latch-plates by means of a spring' 3l, surrounding the outer end of said rod and eng'aging at the inner end with the end of the casing l and at the outer end with a collar or nut 32 on the rod. The opposite extended end of the rod 22 carries a striker 33 for sounding an alarm-gong 34 to indicate when the tallying' device is at the end of its registering movement. The shaft of the units-disk--that is, the disk shown at the r right-hand end of the casing-has attached to it a ratchet-wheel 35, engaged by a pawl 86, mounted on an actuating-lever 37, arranged to swing on said shaft and movable in a slot 37, this lever being designed to be operated to cause movements of the disks by being engaged by a movable part of the machine at intcrvals-thatis, for instance, upon each complete operation of the machine for finishing a single piece of work. The said lever 37 is moved in one direction or to normal position, as here shown, by means of a spring 38. Arranged on the units-disk shaft between the partition and the rear wall of the casing is a disk 39, carrying a linger 40, designed at each complete rotation of the units-disk to engage with a tooth on a wheel 4l, carried by the shaft of the next number-disk or tens-disk, this Wheel 4l being provided with a iinger 42 for engaging with a tooth of the next actuatingwheel of the series upon the complete rotation of the tens-disk, and this is carried out to the end in the usual manner.

In the operation the device is to be placed at any suitable point on a machine whereby a rotary or other movable part will at intervals engage with the lever 87. The several number-disks are to be set or turned with the O at the top, and then the key-plates are to be turned to engage the lugs thereon in the notches of the disks opposite the numbers designed to be registered, these key-plates of course thus being' arranged to rotate with the disks. l/Vhen the number on which the key-plate is placed reaches the extreme top portion, said key-plates engage and lift the releasing-latches, thus disengaging the said latches from the actuating-rod 22. Should it be the last disk, the said disk will stop and hold the latch out ofengagement with the actuating-rod; but the other latches will stilleng'age with said rod until it comes their turn to be permanently released. When all of the latches shall have been raised, the actuating-rod 22 will be moved forward by the springl to cause the shifting of a belt on the machine, and thus stop the same, or to reverse a controlling switch of an electric motor. 'It will be understood that the release of the actuating-rod does not necessarily stop the action of the tallying' device. The movement may continue andffllesignate the number exceeding the number to which the linger or tallying device was originally set. This not only insures the safety of the device from damage, but is benelicial inasmuch as it shows what number has overrun the number the machine is set for; but when the desired number is reached the striker 33 will engage the gong 3A, and thus give the signal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A tallying device adapted to be used in connection with a machine and operated by a movable part thereof, comprising' a casing', a plurality of number-carrying disks arranged therein and operated one from another, an actuating-lever arranged to be engaged by said movable part of the machine, an actuatingrod, and latch-plates slidable transversely of the number-disks for engaging with said rod and movable out of said engagement by the number-carrying' disks.

2. For use in connection with a machine for tallyinga number of pieces of work, a casing, a plurality of number-carrying disks arranged in the casing and operated one from another, an actuating-lever adapted to be engaged by a movable part of the machine, a spring-pressed rod movable lengthwise of the casing, latchplates for engaging with said rod, key-plates carried by the disks, and cam portions on said key-plates for engaging with and elevating the latch-plates.

3. A tallying device comprising a casing, a plurality of number-carrying disks arranged in the casing, each disk having peripheral notches opposite the numbers, an actuatingrod movable lengthwise of the casing and having notches, latch-plates having sliding relation tothe disks and adapted to engage in said notches, cam projections on the upper ends of said latch-plates, and key-plates adjustable on and carried by the disks.

4. A tallying device comprising a casing, spindles arranged in the casing, number-carrying disks mounted on the spindles, means for actuating the disks one from another, an actuating-lever having connection with one of the disks, a spring-pressed rod movable lengthwise of the casing and having notches, latch-plates movable longitudinally with relation to the disks and adapted to engage in said notches, each latch-plate having' a forward projection, key-plates movable on the spindles, means for securing the latch-plates as adjusted on the disks, the said key-plates having portions for engaging' the forward projections of the latch-plates, and perforated iinger-pieces extended from the upper ends of said key-plates over the front of the disks.

5. A tallying device for the purpose specified comprising' a casing, a plurality of number-carrying' disks arranged in the casingl and operated one from another, a spring-actuated IOO IIO

rod extended through the casing 'and provided with notches, a lccking-pawl for engaging' in one ot' said notches, latch-plates rearward of the disks for engaging in the others of said notches, latch-plates having forward projections at the upper end, key-plates adjustable on the disks and having portions for engaging with the latch-plates for releasing the same from said rod, and an alarm operated by a movement of said rod.

6. A tallying device for the purpose specified, comprising a casing having a longitudinal vertical partition, spindles having bearings in said partition, numeral-disks mounted on the spindles, keyplates having slots through which the spindles pass, cam-surfaces on the ends of said key-plates, springs for holding the key-plates as adjusted with relation to the disks, an actuating-rodmovable Ithrough the casing, latches mounted to slide on the partition and adapted to engage with said rod, and cam projections on the latch-plates adapted to be engaged by the cam-surfaces of the keyplates.

7. A tallying device for the purpose specied comprising a casing, a plurality of numeral-disks arranged therein and operated one from another, the said disks having peripheral n otches, an actuating-rod movable through the casing, latch-plates rearward ofthe disks and adapted to slide into and out of engagement with said rod, key-plates adjustable on the disks, lugs carried by the key-plates for engaging' in notches ot' the disks, and means carried by thekey-plates for raising thelatchplates out of engagement with said rod.

In testimony whereot` I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HENRY TIFFT.

l/Vitnesses:

J. T. JOYCE, J. E. BARRoN. 

